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U S . Departmen t o f 120 0 Ne w Jerse y Avenue . S E Transportatio n Washington , D C 2059 0 Offic e o f th e Secretof y Jul y 28 , 201 0 o f Transportatio n
Th e Honorabl e Roge r

J . Kat z Cit y of August a 1 6 Con y Stree t Augusta , M E 0433 0 Deal " Mayo r

Katz : I woul d lik e to updat e yo u o n th e essential ai r servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t August aState Airport , Hancoc k

Count y Ba r Harbo r Airport , an d Knox . Count y Regiona l Airpor

t a t Rockland , an d giv e you a

n opportunity to offe

r an y comment s o n th e recor d befor e w e submi t arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r Aviatio n and International Affairs . Th e cuiren t

EA S contrac t

a t your communit

y expire s Octobe r

31 , 2010 , an

d in anticipatio n o

f that , w e issue d Order

2010-6-22 , Jun e 24 , 2010 , solicitin g proposal s fro m caiTiers intereste d i

n providin g subsidize d EA S fo r anew , two-yea

r period , beginnin g November

1 , 2010 . In respons e to our request , tw o carrier s responded : Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc. , operatin g a s Cap e Ai r (Cap e Air) , an d Colgan Ai r Inc. , operatin g a s U S Airway s Expres s (Colgan Air) . You shoul d hav e receive d acop y of th e proposal s fro meac h canier , and the y ca n b e accesse d a t www.regulations.go v b y enterin g th e numbe r DOT-OST-1997-278 4 i n th e searc h block . A s aresult , w e wil l onl y briefl y summariz e the mhere . Cap e Air ha s propose d on e servic e optio n fo r Augusta/Watervill e an d Rockland , eac h optio n to b e considere d o n astand-alon e basis . Servic e to bot h communitie s woul d b e fro mBosto n Logan International Airpor t (Boston ) usin g 9-sea

t Cessn a40 2 aircraft . A

t Augusta/Waterville , Cap e Ai r propose s fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 aweek ) fro m Jun e throug h September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (21 aweek ) fro mOctobe r throug h May , fo r

a n aimua l subsid y of

$1,402,04 6 fo r

atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o

r $1,362,61 6 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Servic e t o Rocklan d woul d b e fiv e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s in Jul y an d Augus t (3 5 aweek) , fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 a week ) in Jun e an d September , and thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (21 aweek) from Octobe r throug h May , for

a n annua l subsidy o

f $1,461,65 1 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , or

a n annual subsid y o

f $1,420,54 5 for

afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Colga n Ai r ha s propose d tw o options , both servin g Bosto n usin g 34-sea t Saa b 34 0 aircraft . Optio n 1 woul d provid e thre e roun d trip s eac h weekda y and tw o eac h weeken d wit h ami x of nonstop s an d one-sto p servic e ove r a n AugustaAVaterville-Ba

r Harbor

Bosto n routing , o r

Ba r Harbor-AugustaAVaterville-Bosto n routin g fo r a n annual subsidyo

f $4,439,041 . Optio n 2 woul d serv e Ba r Harbo r only , wit h tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (1 4 aweek ) to Bosto n fo r a n annual subsidy of

$2,298,533 . Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d ar e illustrativ e onl y an d the y ma y make schedul e change s t o reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , to bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g ban k time s a t th e hub . However , th e Departmen t doe s expec t

asubsidize d ai r

canie r to maintai n well-time d and well-space d flight s i n orde r t o ensur e full compensation . W e reques t

tha t you revie w th e proposal s an d submi t an y comment s yo

u ma y hav e as soo n a s possible , bu t

n o late r tha n Augus t 25 . W e will carefull y conside r your comment s before w e submi t

arecommendatio n to th e Assistan t Secretar y for adecision . Letter s requestin g feedbac k

hav e als o bee n sen t

t o th e community leader s o f th e othe r thre e citie s a s well . Pleas e sen d your

comment s vi ae-mai l t o EAS@dot.go v or b y fa x t o 202-366-7638 . I

f you hav e an y questions , pleas e fee l fre e t o contac t Michae l Marti n o

f my staf f a t michael.f.maitin@dot.go v o r 202-366-6494 . 

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Sincerely , Denni s J . DeVan

W Chie f Essential Ai r

Servic e Divis i Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi s cc : Andre w Bonney , Hyarmi s Ai r Service , Inc . Dou g Shockley , Colgan Air , Inc .